Percolator.



No. 774,010. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904 W. B. WEBBER.

PERGOLATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETQE.

VILLIAM B. IVEBBER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ROYALCOMMERCIAL COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, A

CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA.

PERCOLATOR- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,010,dated November 1, 1904.

Application filed May 23,1904. Serial No. 209,405. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM B. WEBBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and 5 State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Percolators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a percolator primarily designed for makingsimple syrup;

I and the object thereof is to produce a simple and efficient percolatorin which the operation of making simple syrup is practically continuous.I accomplish this object by the percolator described herein andillustrated in 5 the accompanying drawing. which is a view partly inelevation and partly in section.

In the drawing, A is a metallic can or receptacle provided with aremovable cover B and having a faucet C at the bottom thereof,

through which the syrup (not shown) may be drawn off. Above the faucetis the annular ledge D, which is securely soldered to the side of thecan at a suitable height above the bottom of the receptacle. To thisledge is 5 soldered a coarse-wire screen E. .Upon the top of this screenis soldered a flat annular ring of metal F. Passing through theprojecting portion of the ledge and through the edges of screen andmetalring at suitable 3 distances apart are bolts G, which are rigidlysecured thereto, preferably by soldering the same thereto. Upon thesebolts is placed a filter-cloth H, which covers the ring F and screen E.An annular gasket I is slipped upon the bolts, holes being providedtherein for that purpose, and rests upon the filtercloth. For thesmaller sizes of percolators an annular flat metallic ring J havingholes therein to slip on the bolts, is placed upon 4 the gasket, and thenuts L are screwed onto the bolts until the gasket is compressed to forma liquid-tight joint around the outer edge of the filter-cloth. For thelarger sizes of percolators I place between the gasket I and the annularmetallic ring J asupportingframe. This frame is composed of a flatannular metallic ring K. to which are secured the vertical strips K,which are preferably nuts screwed on the bolts until the gasket is'compressed to form a liquid-tight joint around the outer edge of thefilter-cloth.

In the operation of my percolator when large sizes are used the sugar isplaced on the supporting-frame after the parts are secured together. Inthe use of the smaller sizes the supporting-frame may be omitted and thesugar is placed on the filter-cloth. Water is then poured upon the sugarand as it passes therethrough becomes saturated with sac- 5 charinematter and passes through the filtercloth and into the lower part of thereceptacle, where it can be drawn off through the faucet ready for use,a vent-tube M admitting airpressure below the filter-cloth through port7 N in the ledge. The supporting-frame retains the coarser impuritiesand the filter-cloth retains the finer impurities, and a pure simplesyrup is obtained thereby. From time to time more sugar and more watercan be put into the percolator. When there has been collected on thesupporting-frame or the filtercloth a suificient amount of impurities toaffect the effective operation of the percolator, these parts may beremoved and cleaned.

My percolator may be used for any other desired purpose for which it isadapted, and other means may be used for securing the filter-cloth inplace in the receptacle.

Having described my invention, what I 5 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A percolator comprising a receptacle; a ledge secured to the sidesthereof; a supporting-screen rigidly secured to the ledge; a plu- 9rality of bolts threaded at the top, secured to said ledge and screenand projecting upwardly therethrough; a removable filter-cloth upon saidscreen; an annular gasket upon said bolts and the edge of saidfilter-cloth; an annular metallic ring upon said gasket; nuts upon saidTo these vertical strips is 5 tallic ring on said supporting-frame; anannular metallic ring upon said frame; nuts upon said bolts adapted tobe screwed down thereon to cause the gasket to form a liquid-tight jointaround the edge of the filter-cloth; a venttuloe opening below saidfilter-cloth; a faucet below said filter-cloth.

In witness-that I claim the foregoingl have hereunto subscribed my namethis 16th day of May, 1904:.

WILLIAM B.-VVEBBER.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, MARGARETE (J. NICKELESON.

